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Definitions for Overmodest
[1] having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
[2] free from ostentation or showy extravagance: a modest house.
[3] having or showing regard for the decencies of behavior, speech, dress, etc.; decent: a modest neckline on a dress.
[4] limited or moderate in amount, extent, etc.: a modest increase in salary.
[5] having or expressing a humble opinion of oneself or one's accomplishments or abilities
[6] reserved or shy modest behaviour
[7] not ostentatious or pretentious
[8] not extreme or excessive; moderate
[9] decorous or decent
Words related to Overmodest
modestprudent, simple, humble, quiet, unassuming, moderate, inexpensive, reasonable, small, bashful, blushing, chaste, coy, demure, diffident, discreet, lowly, meek, nice, proper
Words nearby Overmodest
modestmodernist, modernistic, modernity, modernize, modersohn-becker, modest, modesto, modesty, modesty panel, modfet, modge
Origin of Overmodest
modest1555–65; < Latin modestus restrained, decorous, equivalent to modes- (stem of *modus, an s- stem akin to modus mode1, perhaps < *medos, with the vowel of modus; compare moderārī to moderate, from the same noun stem) + -tus adj. suffix
Other words from Overmodest
mod·est·ly , adverb 
hy·per·mod·est , adjective 
hy·per·mod·est·ly , adverb 
hy·per·mod·est·ness , noun 
o·ver·mod·est , adjective 
o·ver·mod·est·ly , adverb 
pseu·do·mod·est , adjective 
pseu·do·mod·est·ly , adverb 
qua·si-mod·est , adjective 
qua·si-mod·est·ly , adverb 
su·per·mod·est , adjective 
su·per·mod·est·ly , adverb 
un·mod·est , adjective 
un·mod·est·ly , adverb
Word origin for Overmodest
modestC16: via Old French from Latin modestus moderate, from modus mode
Synonyms for Overmodest
demure, correct, spruce, stickling, tidy, uncluttered, Victorian, blue-nose, ceremonial, ceremonious, choosy, cleanly, conventional, dapper, decorous, fastidious, formal, genteel, good, goody-goody, nice, nit-picking, orderly, polite, precise, priggish, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, rigid, shipshape, spic-and-span, stiff, straight, strait-laced, stuffy, upright, well-groomed, wooden

